Attachment for automobiles for preventing rattle and wear.



H. M. UNDERWOOD. ATTACHMENT FOR AUTOMOBILES FOR PREVENTING RATTLE AND WEAR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 15, I915.

Patented Feb. 29,1916.

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Be it known that I, 'HENRY M. UNDER- .WOOD, a citizen ofthe- United States, residing at Wankegan, in the county of Lake and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Automobiles for Preventing Rattle and lVear, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to motor driven vehicles and its object is to provide a de vice for preventing the steering gear of a motor driven vehicle from rattling and for minimizing wear on the parts thereof, which device will be simple in its construction, economical 'to manufacture, easily attached'to acar, and which, while eifective to take up; lost motion between the parts which it-engages, will not interfere with-or hamper saidparts in their operative movements. v

The invention is. illustrated, in a preferred embodiment, in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a view, in perspective, of the forward end of the chassis of a motor car shown as equipped with a device construeted on the principles of my invention,

and Fig. 2 is a detail view of the loop or. ring by which the device is secured at one end thereof to the radius rods of the car.

In the drawing the side frame members of'the chassis are indicated at 10.

11 is the front axle, 12 the front spring and 13 the forward cross member of the frame; theautom-obile shown being of the the casing 24:.

Ford type.

14-, 14- are the steering knuckles, the arms 15 of which are connected by the usual tie bar 16.

12 is the drag link'connected by a ball and socket joint 18 with the tie bar and by a similar joint-19 with the steering arm 20. '21," 21 are radihs" rods connected with "the front axle and'provided at their intersection with a ball 22'which enters "a socket 23 on The device oi'vmy invention, in its preferred 'form, comprises a helicalspring 25 anchored at one end to the car and provided at the other end with'a flexible-"band 26 which is adapted to engage,=w-ith-"spring 25 under tension, the transversely extending connecting rods' 'of thesteering gear, to w-it, the tie bar 16 and drag link 1'2, and take up" ciples of the '1 intienti Specification of Letteralatcxit. t Pte'ntfi Feli. 29,1916,

1915. seriameeacas.

lost motion ,between these 1 rods and the parts to which they are connected so as to prevent rat-tleand minimize wear.

The deviceisjpreferably,attached at the end remote from thetie bar and drag link to the radius-rods 21 at their intersection so that it will alsoprevent rattle in the ball and socket joint 22, 23. The spring 25 is conveniently attachedzto the radius-rods by means of a loop 27 (Fig. 2) the ends of whichare forn edfiwithzeyes 28 for a hook 29 on the ende of the spring. The other end of the spring is formed with an eye, loop or hook 30 to receive the band 26. The latter is married anylsuitable flexible material, such, foreexample, as leather, and its ends maybe secured together adjustably by means of a buckle 31. The strap, when its" ends are buckled together, is in the form of a loop consisting preferably of morethan one turn of the band. ()ne end. of the loop passes through the eye 30on the spring, the

sorbed. This diminishes. wear as well as eliminating noise. a

It will be understood that. my invention, although shown in connection with a Ford car,issusceptible of .beingnsed upon automobiles of other' make. It will be under:

stood l furthermore while, the. invention d cri ed t preferred" embodiment m be made nfli h llt depart from the prin- I a IT reforegl do not intend at limitijthe nt 'tofthe", precise details oficonstri ction s n andfdescribed except so far th limited. '1 "I claim'z" c m are expressl so M y 1. In combination with. the, steering gear j offa m'otor driven vehicle coinprising con: meeting rods, a resilient devlce for preventing rattle and wear which is anchored to the car and has a slidable engagement with said connecting rods so as to exert stresses trans versely thereof. v

2.'In combination with the steering gear of a motor driven vehicle comprising the usual tie bar and drag link, a resilient device for reventing rattle and wear which is anchore to the car and has a slidable engagement with said drag link and tie bar so as to exert stresses transversely of the same which are, greater against the tie bar than gainst the drag link.-

3. In combinationwith the steering gear of a motor. driven vehicle comprising con necting rods, a device for preventing rattle and wear comprising a spring anchored to the car, and a flexible band having a slidable engagement with said connecting rods sothat the device exerts stresses transversely thereof. .v

4; In combination with the front axle,

radius rods and steering gear 'connecting rods of a motor driven vehicle, a resilient device for preventing rattle and wear which is anchored to the radius rods and has a slidable engagement, under tension, with said connecting rods.

5. In combination with the front axle,

radius rods and the steering gear connecting rodsof a.mot0r driven vehicle, a resilient device for preventing rattle and wear which consists of a spring anchored to the radius rods, and a flexible band attached" to the spring and having a slidable engagement with the connecting rods so as to exert transverse stresses against the same.

6. In combination with the front axle, radius rods and the steering gear drag link and connecting barof a motor driven vehiole, a device for preventing rattling and wear, consisting of a spring anchored'to the radius rods and a fiexible band having a slidable engagement with said dragolink and connecting bar which exerts transverse stresses against the drag link and connecting bar which are greater against the latter than i against the former.

, 7. In combination with the steering gear of a motor driven vehicle comprising connecting rods, a device for preventing rattle and wear comprising a spring anchored to the car and provided with an eye, a flexible band which extends through the eye and around said connecting rods separately with its ends fastened together.

8. In combination with the steering gear of a motor driven vehicle comprising connecting rods, a device for preventing rattle and wear comprising a spring anchored to the car and provided with an eye, and a flex- Y ible band which extends-through the eye and copies of this patent may be obtained for-five cents each, by addressing the connecting rods separately a plurality ofv times, with its ends fastenedrtogether.

10. In combination withthe usual steering gear tie bar and dra glink of a motor driven vehicle, a device for preventing rattle and wear comprising a springanchored to l the car and formed with an eye and a flexible band in the form of a loop, one end of which passes through the eye of the spring and the other end around said drag link,

said loop being folded upon itself around said tie bar.

- -11. In combination'with the usual steering gear tie bar and drag link of a motor driven vehicle,a device for preventing rattle and wear comprising a spring anchoredto' the car and formed with. an eye anda flexible band in the form of a loop consisting of a plurality of turns, one end of which loop passes through the eye of the spring and the other end around said drag link, said loop being folded upon itself around said tie bar.

12. In combination with the front axle, radius rods and the steering gear tie barand drag link of a motor driven vehicle, a device "for preventing rattle and wear which consists of a helical spring attached at one end to the radius rods attheir intersection and formed at the other end with an eye, and a band in the form of a 'loop consisting of" a plurality of turns, one end ofwhich loop passes through the eye of thespring and the other end around said, drag link, said-loop being folded upon itself around said tie bar.

13. In combination with the steering gear of a vehicle comprising a tie bar, a device for preventing rattle and wear comprising a spring anchored to the car, and a flexible band joined to said spring, looped over said vtie bar, and anchored to the car on the same side of the tie bar as the spring is anchored. 14. In combination with the steering gear of a vehicle comprisinga drag link, a device for preventing rattle and Wear in said link comprising a spring anchored to the car, and a flexible band connected to said-spring and looped over said link so that a transverse stress is exerted upon the link.

HENRY M, NDERwoon YVit-nesses EDITH ERHARD, BERT ToMPKINs.

Washington, 1:. 0."

Commissioner of Patents, 

